Princess and the Pea

I've always loved the story of The Princess and The Pea. There is so much texture and warmth in this piece. Thank you Alejandra408

Glamorous retro girl cross stitch

Stitched by gableknits

Isn't this amazing? I love it when crafters create amazing, updated stuff for cross stitch. And I especially love it when they share the pattern with all of us, for free! Here's the free pattern - thanks so much, gableknits!

Gorgeous stitches

Stitched by glazedangel101

Look at that stitching! I love it when you peeps are imaginative and embroider in double lines with different colors... I feel like I could stare at these lovely textures all day. Bravo glazedangel! Oh, and yes, that's from a Sublime Stitching pattern.

Tamales + French knots = heart attack

Stitched by crf_kitty

Oh good lord, I think I just had a heart attack. My Hispanic heart swells with pride at the mere mention of tamales - but the fact that crf_kitty thought so much of tamales that she immortalized them in ALL FRENCH KNOTS makes me so outlandishly happy I could die. Just look at those knots. I dare you not to want tamales now.

Embroidery and block printing

Block printing + embroidery / Estampado + bordado, originally uploaded by ~ tilde ~.

What a lovely combination of block printing and embroidery. The image and the stitching work really well together in this 'folklore' piece. Simple and beautiful and the limited use of colours underlines the simplicity.

Cute girl

embroidery, originally uploaded by hanies.

How cute is this? Love the tree and the skirt in particular! :-)

Totally awesome

Stitched by s. jane!

For once, I have nothing to add. Because "totally awesome" describes it perfectly. :)

Variegated loveliness

Photo by stashheap

Because sometimes, we like it variegated. And all nice and neat, on little cards.

Stitching in Arabic

basmallah diwaniyah (Islamic cross stitch Pattern), originally uploaded by Ereena.

I love Arabic script and to see it in stitched form is absolutely lovely. Despite the fact that I can't read it and only just make out a few of the letters..

After finding this I searched Flickr to see if there was more embroidery in Arabic. Not a lot, sadly. But let this be an open invite to anyone who does embroidery in Arabic or any other non-Latin alphabet to get in touch. I'd love to showcase it.

Your ship comes home

Stitched by glazedangel101

Oh. wow.

She embroiders

Stitched by mary's granddaughter

Oh wow. So amazingly detailed and delicate. And just a tiny bit creepy and perfect. Gorgeous!

Bug shirt

Stitched by LittleBeeThatCould

Is this shirt not adorable? And I can't think of any young boy that wouldn't want bugs on his shirt. I want bugs on my shirt! Right now.

Abe Vigoda is alive

Stitched by tinyairplanes

Oh my goodness. First William Shatner, and now this? Abe Vigoda was SO my favorite curmudgeon on Barney Miller. I just wanted to hug him. Awesome work, Ms. Virbitsky!

And of course, these embroidered portraits bring to mind the amazingly talented Ms. Hart. I finally saw a few of Jenny's portraits in person last week and I almost passed out from their sheer amazingness. Keep the portrait spirit alive, peeps!

You've been Rick Rolled

1. by jenniwaterloo

Cave painting inspired

Stitched by crazybutcute

Doesn't this cave painting look perfect on linen? And, against that fabric backdrop? Wonderful!

So nicely arranged

Photo by another.realm

Hello floss! You are arranged so very nicely this morning!

Love will make you beautiful

Stitched by MD Studio

Yes, I think so. Beautiful stitching, too!

Wowzers

Stitched by judeisathome

The amazing layers of chain stitch on this piece just leave me speechless! Wow. zers.

Mmmmm.. freehand...!

freehand embroidery, originally uploaded by 31experiment.

Just the way I like it! Aren't the colours lovely? And the stitches are so neat and pretty. :-)

Nautical cuteness

Stitched by MatildaRoseTrevan

All I can say is eep!

Worst songs

July 5, 2009, originally uploaded by thirdpersonpossessive.

But not worst embroidery!

Maybe bad songs could be made better if the lyrics were embroidered... Maybe getting them onto fabric we could get them out of our heads...


See more on the Embloggery blog. :-)

Carpe Diem

Stitched by briliantlyfreakish

At least, Carpe Diem is what this says to me.... hilarious!

Beautiful drops

A little book about me , originally uploaded by Sarah Blick.

This is so happy and lovely.

Do check out the rest of Sarah's photostream. Lots of beautiful goodies!

Stickgarne

Photo by Demoiselle Libellule

That's German for deliciousness. Okay, it's not. But you have Google. Look it up! :)

Shatner portrait, I love thee

Stitched by tinyairplanes

This Star Trek portrait just knocks my socks off.

Man's Best Friend

A loving tribute to our furry four legged friend

1. Puppy Forget Me Not by Apple and Eve (center)
2. Scottie with flower by Sewicalbutterfly 3.ella2008 by nanceejoo, 4. lil puppy. by lovely little deer, 5.Just Because... by sewsew-a-gogo, 6.puppy by doe-c-doe, 7.Lottie, the Dog Face Girl, embroidery by bad bird, 8.Beaded Irish Jack Russell Terrier dog pin (brown) by the lone beader, 9.Scooter embroidery by georgiemcdonald, 10.Zosia by kaparoff magda, 11.Circus Dog Embroidery by Iamsusie, 12.dog napkins by sewitsforyou, 13.Two in the bathroom makes for an angry household by amanda panda pants

All of these wonderful amazingly talented people are on flickr and can be found in the embroidery group.

We're Twittering!

You're probably used to our daily awesome Flickr finds. What you might not know, however, is that I'm constantly freaking out over all the amazing stuff I find in the Embroidery pool. I couldn't possibly blog every single awesome thing I find, because then there'd be, like, 3,000 posts per day. (OK, I exaggerate - but only a tiny bit!)

Enter, Twitter! Carina and I will be using Twitter to point out even more cool stuff as we find it, on Flickr, and elsewhere on the web. So subscribe to us and get ready for more awesome!

Colourful start to the day

Embroidered button, originally uploaded by Birthine.

Isn't this fun? Love the colours!